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DPR REPORT CONFIRMS VITAL ROLE OF CHLOROPICRIN

Posted on March 26, 2025March 21, 2025 by Cat Reyes

New CCST Report Highlights the Ongoing Need for Soil Fumigants A newly released study from the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST), commissioned by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), underscores the vital role of chloropicrin in modern agriculture. The report confirms that no single alternative can fully replace this key soil fumigant, […]

EXAMINING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF FUMIGANT APPLICATION ON SWEETPOTATO CROP

Posted on December 9, 2022September 26, 2023 by Cat Reyes

(TriCal Sweetpotato Trial (Livingston, CA): Harvest) The demand for sweetpotatoes across the United States has increased dramatically for the last several years, reaching its apex in 2015 with record high production of 3.1 billion pounds. In 2021, the average American consumed about 6.3 pounds of sweetpotatoes. Why such increased popularity for this particular crop? Sweet […]

Ag News: A blog by Dr. Mike Stanghellini, Dr. Kristi Sanchez & Guests

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Dr. Mike Stanghellini
Director of Research & Regulatory Affairs Dr. Mike Stanghellini received a dual-major Ph.D. in Entomology and Horticultural Science with a minor in Plant Pathology from North Carolina State University. Since 2005, he has served as the TriCal liaison to federal, state, and international regulatory agencies, agrochemical companies, grower organizations, and third-party research entities. Mike directs and supervises our research on product defense, new product registration, and lab/field research on soil fumigants, novel products, and non-fumigant soil pest control tactics.

Dr. Kristi Sanchez
Senior Researcher and Nematologist Dr. Kristi Sanchez received her Ph. D. in Plant Pathology, specializing in Nematology, from the University of California, Davis. She has over a decade of combined research and field experience with UC Davis, the agrichemical industry, and the Plant Pest Diagnostics Center with the California Department of Food and Agriculture. Kristi’s expertise includes pest management of nematodes, morphological and molecular diagnostics of plant parasitic nematodes, and the development of experimental assays for nematode studies in the lab and field. Kristi is a regular invited speaker on topics related to soil health, nematode control, and integrated pest management in orchards.